Who knows the folklore of northern Shaanxi Province

1, northern Shaanxi folk songs

Northern Shaanxi folk songs are the crystallization of the spirit, thoughts and feelings of the working people of northern Shaanxi, is the closest companion of the people of northern Shaanxi, is the most direct reflection of the life of the working people of northern Shaanxi. Northern Shaanxi is a place of folk songs, folk songs of many kinds, the local commonly known as "mountain song" or "sour song". There are mainly albatross, ditty, wine song, Yulin song and so on more than 20 kinds, of which the albatross is the most characteristic, the most representative.

2, Shaanbei storytelling

Shaanbei storytelling is a very important form of storytelling in the Northwest China region, and is mainly popular in Yan'an and Yulin in the north of Shaanxi Province. Initially, it was sung by poor blind people using folk songs and ditties in northern Shaanxi Province, and later absorbed the tunes of Meidu, Qinqiang, Daoxiang and Xintiyou, and gradually formed into a form of storytelling that consisted of singing and performing long stories.

3, Shaanbeiyangge

Shaanbeiyangge is a kind of traditional dance with a wide mass and representativeness circulating in the northern plateau of Shaanxi Province, also known as "haunted red fire", "haunted rice-planting", "haunted fire", "haunted song", etc. It is mainly located in Yulin, Shaanxi Province, and is mainly used to sing some legendary stories in a small tune. It is mainly distributed in Yulin, Yan'an, Suide, Mili and other places in Shaanxi, with a long history, rich content and various forms. Among them, Suide Yangge is the most representative.

4, Turning Nine Quarters

"Turning Nine Quarters" is also known as "Turning Lanterns", which belongs to a kind of folk customary sacrificial activities, and people seek the blessing of the gods to expel evils and demons, eliminate disasters and avoid difficulties, and ensure the safety of animals and human beings, a good harvest, peace and health, happiness and good health, as well as a good and happy life. The first is to ask for the blessing of the gods to expel evil spirits, eliminate disasters and avoid difficulties, the peace of people and animals, a good harvest.

Turning lamps are generally located in the night of the Lantern Festival on the 15th day of the first month, some villages also have a fixed date, such as the fifth day of the first month, the seventh day of the first month, the eighth day of the first month, thirteenth day of the first month, etc., and many villages in the first month of the rice-planting song, or outside the village of rice-planting song team for the time of the condolences, casually, no fixed date.

5, women's customs

Previously, by the "male superiority" of the traditional concepts, in northern Shaanxi, men outside, women's customs and habits have been y rooted. After the reform and opening up, women have been completely emancipated, men and women are equal, and women can hold up half the sky. Some of the taboos have been discarded and broken, while others have been incorporated into the spiritual civilization and continue to be used.

Baidu Encyclopedia - Northern Shaanxi Folklore

Baidu Encyclopedia - Northern Shaanxi